English is a West Germanic language, first spoken in early medieval England. This package is a collection of various English language utilities. It includes functions for converting text to phonetic representations and stemming words.

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import * as xenglish from "jsr:@nodef/extra-english";

//# Phonetic functions
xenglish.caverphonePhonetic('Thompson', true);
// → 'TMPSN1'

xenglish.colognePhonetic('Hari');
// → '7'

xenglish.metaphonePhonetic('Lightyear');
// → 'LHTYAR'

xenglish.mraPhonetic('Byrne');
// → 'BYRN'

xenglish.soundexPhonetic('Tymczak');
// → 'T522'

xenglish.soundexSqlPhonetic('Tymczak');
// → 'T520'


//# Stemming functions
xenglish.lancasterStem('running');
// → 'run'

xenglish.porterStem('running');
// → 'run'

Index

Name	Action
caverphonePhonetic	Get Caverphone phonetic of English text.
colognePhonetic	Get Cologne phonetic of English text.
metaphonePhonetic	Get Metaphone phonetic of English text.
mraPhonetic	Get Match Rating Approach phonetic of English text.
soundexPhonetic	Get Soundex phonetic of English text.
soundexSqlPhonetic	Get Soundex phonetic (SQL) of English text.
lancasterStem	Stem a word to its base form using the Lancaster stemmer.
porterStem	Stem a word to its base form using the Porter stemmer.